A parcel bomb sent to the Italian
interior ministry was defused at the end of October, the website
of magazine Leggo said Thursday.
The bomb was intercepted at the sorting office in Via
Ostiense and defused by a police bomb squad, the site said.
The parcel was primed to explode, investigators confirmed
Thursday.
It contained a fuse with batteries attached to a container
with gunpowder inside, they said.
Investigations are ongoing, sources said.
An initial probe appears to have ruled out "anarchist or
insurrectionist circles", they said.
The package was addressed to "the interior ministry, without
an individual addressee.
A sorting office worker stopped it after seeing something on
an X-ray scan.
Investigations are being carried out by DIGOS security police
and anti-terror units.
The bomb could have killed or maimed, police said.
photo: Interior Minister Luciana Lamorgese
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